Leeds Crown Court Sentencing Results

Shagufa Sheikh, sister of a family member, was involved in tricking or forcing the victim to take the anti-diabetes drug glimepiride, which induced a catastrophic brain injury, and dousing her with a caustic substance causing severe burns. This occurred in the family home in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in the days leading up to her hospital admission on 1 August 2015. The family delayed calling an ambulance for 2-3 days after she fell unconscious and lied to emergency services.

Shabnam Sheikh, mother of the victim's relative, was involved in tricking or forcing the victim to take the anti-diabetes drug glimepiride, prescribed to her, which induced a catastrophic brain injury, and dousing her with a caustic substance causing severe burns. This occurred in the family home in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in the days leading up to her hospital admission on 1 August 2015. The family delayed calling an ambulance for 2-3 days after she fell unconscious and lied to emergency services.

Asgar Sheikh, husband of the victim, was involved in tricking or forcing her to take the anti-diabetes drug glimepiride, which induced a catastrophic brain injury, and dousing her with a caustic substance causing severe burns. This occurred in the family home in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in the days leading up to her hospital admission on 1 August 2015. The family delayed calling an ambulance for 2-3 days after she fell unconscious and lied to emergency services about the incident.

Khalid Sheikh, father of a family member, was involved in the abuse of the victim by tricking or forcing her to take the anti-diabetes drug glimepiride, which induced a catastrophic brain injury, and dousing her with a caustic substance causing severe burns. This took place in the family home in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in the days leading up to her hospital admission on 1 August 2015. The family delayed calling an ambulance for 2-3 days after she fell unconscious and lied to emergency services.

Jordan Parlour, 28, of Seacroft, Leeds, posted comments on Facebook advocating an attack on a hotel in Leeds where asylum seekers were housed. The comments were reported to West Yorkshire Police, leading to his arrest. The hotel was put into lockdown on Saturday, 3 August 2024, due to disorder in Leeds, and at least one window was broken after stones were thrown over the weekend. There was no evidence that Parlour attended the hotel.

Thanh Le, along with three others, was involved in running a sophisticated industrial-scale cannabis farm inside a former bed factory on Quarry Road in Gomersal. The operation included hydroponics systems and living quarters, with cannabis plants worth approximately £2.4 million and additional prepared cannabis worth £1 million discovered during a police raid on July 12, 2024.

Khang Nguyen, along with three others, was involved in running a sophisticated industrial-scale cannabis farm inside a former bed factory on Quarry Road in Gomersal. The operation included hydroponics systems and living quarters, with cannabis plants worth approximately £2.4 million and additional prepared cannabis worth £1 million discovered during a police raid on July 12, 2024.

Hoa Hoang, along with three others, was involved in running a sophisticated industrial-scale cannabis farm inside a former bed factory on Quarry Road in Gomersal. The operation included hydroponics systems and living quarters, with cannabis plants worth approximately £2.4 million and additional prepared cannabis worth £1 million discovered during a police raid on July 12, 2024.

Hoai Le Thanh, along with three others, was involved in running a sophisticated industrial-scale cannabis farm inside a former bed factory on Quarry Road in Gomersal. The operation included hydroponics systems and living quarters, with cannabis plants worth approximately £2.4 million and additional prepared cannabis worth £1 million discovered during a police raid on July 12, 2024.

Stephen Phillip Hirst and his brother Michael Hirst used offshore companies in Gibraltar and the British Virgin Islands to hide proceeds from the sale of land in Wakefield, evading £3.2 million in Corporation Tax. The land was transferred to a Gibraltar-based company in 2007 and sold for £10.9 million. They controlled the companies from the UK but failed to declare ownership and pay tax on the sale.

Nawzad Hama, 46, of Blencarn View, Leeds, was involved in the Harehills disorder, committing a violent disorder offence on July 18, 2024. This incident was part of widespread unrest in Harehills during the evening of July 18 and 19, 2024, which caused significant distress to the community.

Samuel Melia, 34, a regional organiser for right-wing organisation Patriotic Alternative, set up an online library of racist stickers via a Telegram group called Hundred Handers with over 3,500 subscribers. Members downloaded and printed stickers to display in public places around the UK, with the intent to stir up racial hatred. Melia was arrested in Farsley, near Leeds, in April 2021, with stickers found in his wallet. A search of his home revealed a book by Oswald Moseley, a poster of Adolf Hitler, and a Nazi emblem. Digital devices contained an archive of over 200 stickers and photos of them placed in various locations. He advised using VPNs and anonymous emails. Telegram messages showed he expected and encouraged public display, including placing them himself.

Eleanor Brown, 24, from Morley, Leeds, uploaded intimate photographs of her father's former partner to the escort website Viva Street, creating an advertisement and including the woman's husband's telephone number, resulting in numerous calls to him. She also sent the images to the husband and posted a review on his business page stating she received naked pictures in response to a quote request. The offence occurred while Brown was drunk, leading to the victim experiencing panic, upset, and a nightmare of images being shared widely.

Alex Kear, a 50-year-old city councillor on Wakefield Council, sent graphic messages and a picture of his genitals to an undercover police officer posing as the mother of a three-year-old girl, expressing fantasies of abusing young children, including the statement 'The older I get the younger I seem to like' and that he had 'waited years' to abuse a young child. He met the officer once to discuss arrangements and planned to meet again in August last year to carry out the abuse, before being arrested in a police sting.

Humraz Pinnu Shahid, 43, of Oakwood Lane, Leeds, owned a basement flat on Berkeley Grove rented to the victim for £75 a week. The windowless cellar flat in a terraced house lacked a smoke alarm and was unsuitable for habitation without planning consent or building regulation approval. On 26 June 2019, the victim, 32, fell asleep leaving his cooker on; the fire blocked the exit, leading to his death. A coroner ruled the death avoidable due to hazards that would have prompted an emergency prohibition order.

Lucas Akins crashed into cyclist the victim with his Mercedes G350 in Huddersfield on March 17, 2022, causing catastrophic head injuries that led to the victim's death 10 days later. Akins was 36 years old and resided in Heys Road, Thongsbridge at the time.

In 2017, during a dispute in the kitchen, Shaun Birchall became extremely angry and deliberately pushed a child's buggy into the back of the victim's legs or lower back multiple times, causing her to fall forward and her abdomen to collide with the corner of an open freezer door. The victim was 17 weeks and three days pregnant at the time. The impact resulted in the rupture of her amniotic sac, and 12 weeks later, her daughter was stillborn. The victim was left in a coma and fighting for her life following the assault.

Hendrik van der Genugten, a 40-year-old Dutch man, was driving a lorry that arrived at Humberside Sea Terminal on 9 May 2019 from the Hook of Holland. Border Force officers stopped and searched the lorry, discovering 35 kilos of cocaine hidden in the rear doors. The drugs had a potential street value of approximately £3 million if cut and sold in the UK. He was arrested by National Crime Agency investigators and charged with importing and conspiring to supply cocaine.

Ghulam Hussain, 30, of Track Road, Batley, admitted to an undercover officer that he intended to travel to Syria to join Islamic State (also known as Daesh or ISIS). He had made preparations including purchasing airline tickets and obtaining credit cards fraudulently to fund the trip. He was arrested on November 2, 2016, after an investigation by the North East Counter Terrorism Unit, and was also charged with providing money and advice to assist in terrorist acts.

On June 22, 2015, in the early hours, Dilbir Singh and accomplice Anthony Robert Fuery entered a house in North Street, Huddersfield. Singh, wearing a bandana over part of his face, held a large serrated knife, while Fuery wore a plastic Iron Man mask and picked up a hammer. They confronted the victim, who was visiting the house. Singh demanded to know the whereabouts of his girlfriend and son, recognized the victim, removed his bandana, and assaulted him by cutting the top of his head three times with the knife. Singh also attempted to strike the victim with other items before the victim escaped.

James Lilley, 24, of Brighton Street, Heckmondwike, was part of a burglary gang that committed 15 burglaries or attempted burglaries over eight months ending in January 2015 across Kirklees, including Heckmondwike, Dewsbury, Gomersal, Cleckheaton, Huddersfield, and Bradford. The gang stole cars and property worth £150,000, targeting homes of families on holiday, children before Christmas, and sleeping householders. Specific incidents included entering a home in Sheepridge to steal an irreplaceable wedding ring and using mole grips to break locks.